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ALMOST half of white Australians believe Aboriginal people are given unfair advantages by the government, and one in five people say they would move away if an indigenous Australian sat next to them.
All I saw were liberal declarations, no specifics about "research." Throwing the word "research" into the mix gives a flavor to the propaganda that is being pushed out by this organization.
This is a very interesting research by Beyond Blue. The findings will surprise you. It is not the poverty which is number one stimulant for depression, it is racism.
ALMOST half of white Australians believe Aboriginal people are given unfair advantages by the government, and one in five people say they would move away if an indigenous Australian sat next to them.
BeyondBlue to launch a new campaign highlighting the link between racism and depression | News.com.au
All I saw were liberal declarations, no specifics about "research." Throwing the word "research" into the mix gives a flavor to the propaganda that is being pushed out by this organization.
That was a report on research done by BeyondBlue. That was not the content of the research. Stop hating. Hate causes depression. Start loving. Love makes us happy.
This is a very interesting research by Beyond Blue. The findings will surprise you. It is not the poverty which is number one stimulant for depression, it is racism.
ALMOST half of white Australians believe Aboriginal people are given unfair advantages by the government, and one in five people say they would move away if an indigenous Australian sat next to them.
BeyondBlue to launch a new campaign highlighting the link between racism and depression | News.com.au
This is a neat study, Vikrant, I'm not in the least surprised! Although I didn't see that they specificly identified which group became depressed and which group did not. That would have been interesting had they factored that in.
From my own observations the people who become most depressed are the ones doing the hating, making the division between them and the rest of the world because of race, religion, politics, whatever, when it becomes an obsession for the person you can be sure depression is going to hit them hard. People like that cannot even sleep at night. They lie on their beds just plotting out the next day on how they are going to make someone elses life miserable. Sad but true.
It is amazing but most of them have no clue as to why they are depressed! It is not normal to hold onto hatred in one's heart. It is a killer. It eventually robs the person of their peace, their joy, their inner beauty - then they begin looking ugly on the outside too until it just eats them away like a cancer. I like to say hating someone else is like drinking poison while hoping the other guy dies. ( it does not work )
Their desire by pouring out hate on their victim which they despise due to the persons ethnicity, race, whatever, is to make the person miserable. What ends up happening is they make themselves miserable and if they do not put a halt to the downward spiral they end up self destructing with drugs, drink, wrong behaviors or an untimely death. Alot of accidents happen to people like that because they are continually distracted by their all consuming thoughts of hating others. So they are not as focused at work, driving down the road, walking across a street, they put themselves at risk every day by their own choosing. It's a mental stronghold that has to be destroyed before it destroys them.
Another way I have heard it put before is, why let others live rent free in your head? Why not enjoy every single day of your life, embrace life instead of embracing death?
My advice would be if a person is chronic in their behavior to focus on complaining, arguing, slandering other people, talking about how misunderstood they are, playing the victim while intent on the victimization of others - the get even syndrome - root of bitterness, refusing to see anyone elses point of view even when they are wrong -unteachable and unwilling to repent - avoid them.
There is no good reason to permit a toxic person to taint your world view and / or defile your spirit. Keep your peace and be around people who celebrate the beauty in life instead of the misery. That is my response. Thank you for the article.
Absolutely! To not want to sit next to someone because of the color of their skin or ethnic difference from another is an utter disgrace! Just who do people think they are, thinking like that?!
What do we have that God has not given us? This is what I tell racists who do not want their daughters marrying a black man. I ask them, did you tell God what color to make your skin? Did you tell him what continent to have you be born in? Which womb to place you in? How tall to make you or what kind of intelligence to give you? Did you tell God what kind of beauty to give you? No? No? again? All no? Then what are you so puffed about? No reason for you to prideful at all! You had nothing to do with what God had you born into the world to be.
So you were born a white Australian! Or you were born an Arab! Or you were born an English man! Whatever you are do not dare turn your nose up at a black man and say I am too good to sit next to that man on a bus! Do not dare say we are superior and our daughter is too good to marry a black man! How dare anyone be so arrogant as to think like that! It is utterly repugnant to God!
Moses married a black woman! Zippporah! Moses was the meekest man on the earth! Is there anyone greater than Moses here? I doubt it! We need to humble ourselves and realize that many times what we claim to be something worthy of pride is the very thing we should cover our mouth in shame over!
Forgive me if I sound a bit outraged but it makes me think about a gathering my husband invited me to attend before I married him and that was the very thing I told them when I discerned by their discussion they were racists! And church folks no less! When I asked them these questions of what did they have to do with the color of their skin, height, place of birth, it was a deer in the headlights moment. Some folks need a wake up call.
I would have married a black man just as happily as I married a white man! Without a second thought! Ha! It's the truth! I do not care a whit who knows it either!
Amen. I must turn in now. It is getting late. Goodnight, [MENTION=43534]Vikrant[/MENTION] and sleep well, my friend. - Jeri
This is a very interesting research by Beyond Blue. The findings will surprise you. It is not the poverty which is number one stimulant for depression, it is racism.
BeyondBlue to launch a new campaign highlighting the link between racism and depression | News.com.au
This is a neat study, Vikrant, I'm not in the least surprised! Although I didn't see that they specificly identified which group became depressed and which group did not. That would have been interesting had they factored that in.
From my own observations the people who become most depressed are the ones doing the hating, making the division between them and the rest of the world because of race, religion, politics, whatever, when it becomes an obsession for the person you can be sure depression is going to hit them hard. People like that cannot even sleep at night. They lie on their beds just plotting out the next day on how they are going to make someone elses life miserable. Sad but true.
It is amazing but most of them have no clue as to why they are depressed! It is not normal to hold onto hatred in one's heart. It is a killer. It eventually robs the person of their peace, their joy, their inner beauty - then they begin looking ugly on the outside too until it just eats them away like a cancer. I like to say hating someone else is like drinking poison while hoping the other guy dies. ( it does not work )
Their desire by pouring out hate on their victim which they despise due to the persons ethnicity, race, whatever, is to make the person miserable. What ends up happening is they make themselves miserable and if they do not put a halt to the downward spiral they end up self destructing with drugs, drink, wrong behaviors or an untimely death. Alot of accidents happen to people like that because they are continually distracted by their all consuming thoughts of hating others. So they are not as focused at work, driving down the road, walking across a street, they put themselves at risk every day by their own choosing. It's a mental stronghold that has to be destroyed before it destroys them.
Another way I have heard it put before is, why let others live rent free in your head? Why not enjoy every single day of your life, embrace life instead of embracing death?
My advice would be if a person is chronic in their behavior to focus on complaining, arguing, slandering other people, talking about how misunderstood they are, playing the victim while intent on the victimization of others - the get even syndrome - root of bitterness, refusing to see anyone elses point of view even when they are wrong -unteachable and unwilling to repent - avoid them.
There is no good reason to permit a toxic person to taint your world view and / or defile your spirit. Keep your peace and be around people who celebrate the beauty in life instead of the misery. That is my response. Thank you for the article.
Well said, Jeremiah! You have a kind heart. God bless you.
The condition of native Australians is very bad in Australia. The systematic bigotry carried out against them by white Australians leaves very little hope for anything.
I thought blacks were just depressed because of their unemployment
Absolutely! To not want to sit next to someone because of the color of their skin or ethnic difference from another is an utter disgrace! Just who do people think they are, thinking like that?!
What do we have that God has not given us? This is what I tell racists who do not want their daughters marrying a black man. I ask them, did you tell God what color to make your skin? Did you tell him what continent to have you be born in? Which womb to place you in? How tall to make you or what kind of intelligence to give you? Did you tell God what kind of beauty to give you? No? No? again? All no? Then what are you so puffed about? No reason for you to prideful at all! You had nothing to do with what God had you born into the world to be.
So you were born a white Australian! Or you were born an Arab! Or you were born an English man! Whatever you are do not dare turn your nose up at a black man and say I am too good to sit next to that man on a bus! Do not dare say we are superior and our daughter is too good to marry a black man! How dare anyone be so arrogant as to think like that! It is utterly repugnant to God!
Moses married a black woman! Zippporah! Moses was the meekest man on the earth! Is there anyone greater than Moses here? I doubt it! We need to humble ourselves and realize that many times what we claim to be something worthy of pride is the very thing we should cover our mouth in shame over!
Forgive me if I sound a bit outraged but it makes me think about a gathering my husband invited me to attend before I married him and that was the very thing I told them when I discerned by their discussion they were racists! And church folks no less! When I asked them these questions of what did they have to do with the color of their skin, height, place of birth, it was a deer in the headlights moment. Some folks need a wake up call.
I would have married a black man just as happily as I married a white man! Without a second thought! Ha! It's the truth! I do not care a whit who knows it either!
Amen. I must turn in now. It is getting late. Goodnight, [MENTION=43534]Vikrant[/MENTION] and sleep well, my friend. - Jeri
[MENTION=40845]Jeremiah[/MENTION],
You are a good woman - a true disciple of Christ. It is good see some real Christians on this forum. I think there is a strong case for creating an organization with an intent to spread awareness in Australia about detriments of racism to human spirit.
I thought blacks were just depressed because of their unemployment
Blacks have a very low suicide rate. Unlike white men in Red States.
But blacks do have very high racism ratesI thought blacks were just depressed because of their unemployment
Blacks have a very low suicide rate. Unlike white men in Red States.
This is a very interesting research by Beyond Blue. The findings will surprise you. It is not the poverty which is number one stimulant for depression, it is racism.
BeyondBlue to launch a new campaign highlighting the link between racism and depression | News.com.au
This is a neat study, Vikrant, I'm not in the least surprised! Although I didn't see that they specificly identified which group became depressed and which group did not. That would have been interesting had they factored that in.
From my own observations the people who become most depressed are the ones doing the hating, making the division between them and the rest of the world because of race, religion, politics, whatever, when it becomes an obsession for the person you can be sure depression is going to hit them hard. People like that cannot even sleep at night. They lie on their beds just plotting out the next day on how they are going to make someone elses life miserable. Sad but true.
It is amazing but most of them have no clue as to why they are depressed! It is not normal to hold onto hatred in one's heart. It is a killer. It eventually robs the person of their peace, their joy, their inner beauty - then they begin looking ugly on the outside too until it just eats them away like a cancer. I like to say hating someone else is like drinking poison while hoping the other guy dies. ( it does not work )
Their desire by pouring out hate on their victim which they despise due to the persons ethnicity, race, whatever, is to make the person miserable. What ends up happening is they make themselves miserable and if they do not put a halt to the downward spiral they end up self destructing with drugs, drink, wrong behaviors or an untimely death. Alot of accidents happen to people like that because they are continually distracted by their all consuming thoughts of hating others. So they are not as focused at work, driving down the road, walking across a street, they put themselves at risk every day by their own choosing. It's a mental stronghold that has to be destroyed before it destroys them.
Another way I have heard it put before is, why let others live rent free in your head? Why not enjoy every single day of your life, embrace life instead of embracing death?
My advice would be if a person is chronic in their behavior to focus on complaining, arguing, slandering other people, talking about how misunderstood they are, playing the victim while intent on the victimization of others - the get even syndrome - root of bitterness, refusing to see anyone elses point of view even when they are wrong -unteachable and unwilling to repent - avoid them.
There is no good reason to permit a toxic person to taint your world view and / or defile your spirit. Keep your peace and be around people who celebrate the beauty in life instead of the misery. That is my response. Thank you for the article.
Well said, Jeremiah! You have a kind heart. God bless you.
The condition of native Australians is very bad in Australia. The systematic bigotry carried out against them by white Australians leaves very little hope for anything.
